Addiction to cigarette smoking: Know how nicotine damages your brain

News India Live, Digital Desk: Addiction to cigarette smoking: At first glance Smoking A quick solution may seem. Taking a cigarette puff provides immediate relief, there is some peace between chaos. But what happens inside the body is far more complex and dangerous.

Nicotine found in tobacco is a intoxicating stimulant. This is the center of this misleading relief. In the words of Dr. Shovana Vaishnavi, Senior Consultant of Internal Medicine at Max Super Specialty Hospital in Noida, “When nicotine is taken in through breath, it reaches the brain rapidly. It triggers dopamine secretion. Dopamine, which creates a feeling of pleasure and renovation. Is because their dopamine levels are low. ”

Restlessness and anxiety increases

However, this relief is temporary. It will have to pay a heavy price for this. Dr. Vaishnavi says, “Over time, the brain produces more receptors for nicotine. It re -prepares itself to depend on nicotine. When nicotine levels fall, these over active receptors shout for more nicotine. Irritability, discomfort and anxiety increase. The person who had a smoke has become a source, now the stress has become a source. It is rather that he is further enhancing the cycle of addiction. “

Mood

The irony is that although many people smoke to relieve stress, studies have shown that smoking may increase stress and anxiety in the long run. Dr. Vaishnavi says, “Mental health problems, especially people suffering from depression, are more likely to smoke. But nicotine does not cure the root of the problem. It simply hides it. Symptoms of cigarette, craving, mood fluctuations, lack of concentration between cigarettes-they all reflect or increase the stress from which they are trying to escape.”

In this way nicotine craves arise ..

When anxiety increases, nicotine craving arises in the brain. This is the reason that only will power is not enough to get rid of smoking. The brain needs to be re -trained. It is important to find healthy dopamine triggers such as exercise, therapy and mindfulness techniques and develop better ways to deal with stress.

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